Awesomeness|Bigliness|Child learners|Destinations|Enterprising linguists|Festivities|Garrulousness
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Awesomeness
We're excited to announce a celebration of the career and work of our very ownGeorge Lakoffon the occasion of his recent retirement:
- Saturday, December 10, 2-6 pm (approximate time), in 370 Dwinelle, with talks and a reception
- Speakers will includeAdele Goldberg,Mark Johnson,Haj Ross, and more!
Mark your calendars.
Bigliness
Susan Lin's timelyphonetic analysisofDonald Trump's pronunciation of "big league" has been covered by media outlets like theSeattle TimesandWashington Post, and now comprises thesingle most popular post everin theFriends of Berkeley LinguisticsFacebook group. Great work, Susan; let us know when the electropalatography part of the project is complete!
Child learners
Amy Avishay, Frederica Priyanto, and Ruth Rouvier recently returned from a workshop in Washington, DC on "Documentation and Child Learners". Ruth organized the workshop with a grant from the National Science Foundation ("Documentation and Child Learners: A Workshop to Examine the Broader Impacts of Endangered Language Documentation", BCS-1500720); Amy and Frederica have worked on the planning since January through theLinguistics Research Apprentice Practicum. An account of the workshop is here:Revitalizing Language: Exploring the Effects on Children's Learning and Well-Being. Congratulations to Amy, Frederica, and Ruth!
Destinations
This weekend, at least three Berkeley linguists are giving presentations at California conferences:
- AMP 2016 (Annual Meeting on Phonology, USC):
- Sharon Inkelas, "Looking into segments"
- Nik Rolle, "Rhythmic repair of morphological accent assigned outside of a metrical window"
- CUSP 9 (California Semantics and Pragmatics, UC Santa Cruz):
- Katie Sardinha, "The pragmatics of object case-marking with alternating verbs in Kwak'wala"
Enterprising linguists: Careers outside the classroom
Soon you will have that degree in linguistics, but what next? Learn about the possibilities from our panel of linguists as they discuss how they turned their degrees into careers outside the classroom. From influential start-ups to some of the most well-known companies in the world, our speakers are using linguistics in unique and interesting ways. After the panel presentation, we will have a Q-and-A session and plenty of time for informal socializing:
- Saturday, October 22, from 10 am to 2 pm, in 2040 VLSB
This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Linguistic Society of America, the UC Berkeley Department of Linguistics, and Linguistics Beyond Academia, an LSA Special Interest Group. If you cannot come to the event, a recording of the panel presentation will be available at theLSA's YouTube channelafter the event.
Festivities
The second Inkling of 2016-17 will take place on Monday,October 31, from 3:30 to 5 pm in 1229 Dwinelle. All are welcome to our monthly social hour (and a half) with tea, coffee, and potluck treats – you'll find talk about work, life, ideas, and the pursuit of happiness, as well as an exciting Contest and an Awesome Prize.
- Potluck:If your last name begins with the letters H-N (e.g. Haas), you are encouraged to bring something tasty. The department will provide beverages (coffee, tea, juice).
- Contest & Prize:On the occasion of the 499th anniversary of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses (Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum), an excellent prize will be given for the best costume or other impersonation of a thesis. The only way to win is to enter!
Garrulousness, or, so many Andrews
- Friday, October 21
- 3-5:Stephen Krashen(USC), "Compelling reading and problem-solving: The easy way (and the only way) to high levels of language, literacy and life competence" (Berkeley Language Center, B-4 Dwinelle)
- Saturday, October 22
- 10-2: Enterprising linguists: Careers outside the classroom (2040 VLSB; see above)
- Monday, October 24
- 12–1:Andrew Wedel(Arizona), TBA (Phonetics and Phonology Forum, 1303 Dwinelle)
- 3–4:30:Andrew Wedel(Arizona), "Functional pressure from the lexicon shapes phoneme inventory evolution" (Linguistics Colloquium, 370 Dwinelle)
- Tuesday, October 25
- 12:30–2:Andrew Garrett, Erik H. Maier,Zachary O'Hagan, andRonald Sprouse(Berkeley), "Archiving your language materials in theCalifornia Language Archive" (Fieldwork Forum, 1303 Dwinelle)
- 1–2: SPREAD (Sociophonetic Research Exchange and Discussion, 57 Dwinelle)
- Wednesday, October 26
- 5–6: Andrew Cheng (Berkeley), speaking to SLUgS (Society of Linguistics Undergraduate Students, 1229 Dwinelle)
- Thursday, October 27
- 12-1:Lindsay Preseau(Berkeley), " 'Kein Englisch, Kein Schwörerdeutsch': The Effect of Language Ideologies and Policy on the Refugee Experience" (German Department Noon Colloquium, 282 Dwinelle)
- 12:30–2: GoOD InTEnSIOnS (Semantics reading group, 1303 Dwinelle)
- 12:30–2:Peter Jenks,Hannah Sande, andNico Baier, "The diversity of SAuxOVX in the Macro-Sudan belt" (*dhworom, 1229 Dwinelle)
- Friday, October 28
- 12–1: Round Robin (Computational and Experimental Methods Group, 1229 Dwinelle)
- 3–4:30:Emily Clem, TBA (Syntax & Semantics Circle, 1303 Dwinelle)